Grand Marshals 2026

Pat & Buffy Maguire. Grand Marshals of the 2026 St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Pat Maguire

Grand Marshal

Buffy Maguire

Grand Marshal

Buffy Maguire

Grand Marshal

Entrepreneur, Coffee Roaster, & Community Leader
Based in San Francisco, with work spanning specialty coffee, storytelling, neighborhood advocacy, and place-making.
Founder & Coffee Roaster — Lady Falcon Coffee Club (2016–Present)
- Founded a specialty coffee roasting company rooted in craftsmanship, storytelling, and San Francisco identity.
- Certified Q Grader, focused on quality, sourcing, and coffee education.
- Created a unique coffee company that has a robust direct to consumer, coffee subscriptions, corporate gifting and retail experience.
- Created a wholesale business with partners including OpenAI, Wolfgang Puck Catering, and Pinterest.
- Created a mobile coffee experience from a restored 1948 GMC truck at Alamo Square.
- Currently building the Lady Falcon Roastery on Wawona St (at Great Highway)
Co-Managing Partner — Java Beach Café (Original, La Playa) (1990’s–Present)
- Co-managing partner of a legacy, family-run neighborhood café serving the Outer Sunset for more than 30 years.
- Café recognized with multiple city, state, and federal honors, including the 2019 Community Innovation Award.
Co-Founder & Co-Managing Partner — Java Beach at the Zoo (2008–Present)
- Co-founded the second Java Beach café next door to UICC and across the street from the San Francisco Zoo.
- Helped shape it into a welcoming neighborhood café
Writer & Political Editor — Irish Herald (2000–2006)
- Covered Irish and Northern Irish politics with a focus on the Good Friday Agreement peace process.
- Interviewed leaders, including Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness.
- Wrote long-form reporting for the Irish-American community.
Filmmaker — The Remembering Quilt (1998–2002)
- Created a short documentary about The Remembering Quilt, a peace and reconciliation project following the Good Friday Agreement.
- Focused on remembrance, loss, and healing through storytelling and art.
Education
- Master of Arts in Political Science, Queen’s University Belfast (1998–2000), with a case study on the Good Friday Peace Agreement.
- Double Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Art History, Smith College.
- University High School, class of 1991
Awards & Recognition
- San Francisco Beautification Award (2009)
- Gellert Family Business Award (2014)
- Named Trailblazing Woman in Labor & Business (2017)
- Community Innovation Award (2019)
In addition to wife to Pat, Buffy is also a devoted mother to their sons, Kevin (deceased), Conor and Dylan, aunt to over 29 nieces and nephews in the Sunset, daughter, sister and friend.
Buffy’s family is originally from Cork and Mayo
Buffy’s family has been in the Sunset District since 1950’s